Just a message to some of those that underestimate the sore point of
Electrical licenses.
http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/A...air_trading_warning_on_electrical_safety.html
I'm just a messenger
However, the media release rather glosses over the fact that two of the
fatal accidents involved people who were not doing something for which
they needed an electrician's licence, and one may not have been. One is
attributable to someone doing something that was careless or just plain
stupid (working on live wiring), and only one is clearly attributable to
incorrect wiring work, and for all we know that may still have been done
by a licensed electrician.
Of the non-fatal accidents, the vast majority involved network operator
cabling, and unless unlicensed people are the habit of attempting DIY
stuff on the network operator's side of the meter, it seems likely that
these are also incidents where the person was doing something for which
an electricians licence was not required.
There may be a valid reason for requiring people to have an
electrician's licence before they do electrical work, but this data
doesn't provide it.
Sylvia.
